The 2007 Risk Management Seminar Series

The Victorian Outdoor Education Association recently completed the first comprehensive review in 20 years of the Victorian education department’s “Guidelines for Outdoor & Adventure Activities”. The revised guidelines will be available online in early 2007 to support and inform schools in the planning and approval of outdoor education programs, camps, excursions and adventure activities.

Through this project the VOEA has developed a thorough understanding of the educational, legal and regulatory framework that schools must operate within in the delivery of educational experiences beyond the school grounds.

The 2007 Risk Management Seminar Series provides school leaders and decision makers with a unique opportunity to participate in the strategic examination of risk management in educational settings.

The VOEA invites you to participate in the 2007 Risk Management Seminar Series to further develop your understanding of your responsibilities as a school leader in this unique part of the curriculum.

Launch
Thursday, 8 March, 2007
4.30pm - 6.30pm

Risk Communication
Thursday, 10 May, 2007
4.30pm - 6.30pm
Buckely Park College Performing Arts Centre
Cooper Street, Essendon

Presenter: Clare Dallat - Head of Risk Management, The Outdoor Education Group
Clare is currently completing a Masters in Risk Management with a focus on the ways in which schools communicate risk to their stakeholders. Ensuring all stakeholders are well informed is an increasingly critical element in the risk management process.

Risk Management Seminar Series - Legal Liability
Thursday, 19 July, 2007
4.30pm - 6.30pm

Panel: Paul Davenport and Mary Spanos, Affinity Risk Partners; Norman Abrams, DLA Phillips Fox
Where do we stand in the eyes of the law? Using examples from case law this seminar will present an outline of the responsibilities schools have to students, parents and staff when conducting excursions.

The 2007 Risk Management Seminar Series is supported by:
Association of Independent Schools of Victoria
Council of Professional Teaching Associations of Victoria
La Trobe University School of Outdoor Education and Environment
Residential Outdoor Schools Association – Bogong | Rubicon | Somers
Victorian Association of Secondary School Principal

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